I went with some of the other Odyssey participants and the coordinators to Tadoussac for the weekend. Needless to say it was le awesome - got to meet some other cool people from all over the world and saw some whales!
Tadoussac is a small village at the fork of St. Lawrence and the Saguenay river. Because of this Whales come back every year to feed on the fish that are trapped in this area.
I was picked up in Quebec city by some friends who came from Shiwinigan, which is a small town close to Trois Rivier. We got into the hostel late at night and walked in on the nightly performance of an awesome band for the evening. Unfortunately we couldn't catch the whole act, but afterwards we all hanged out around the camp fire and met some really cool people. I did notice however that there was a lack of marshmallows for the camp fire - a mistake I was determined to correct for the following night.
The next morning we went to hike around the mountains in Tadoussac and because of the fall season coming in, it was beautiful in all different shades of yellow, red and green. In the afternoon we all donned out wetsuits and jumped into the Zodiac for some whale watching. The Zodiac is a small speedboat made of rubber and moves extremely fast, thus it was great for whale watching because we can be at many places in a short amount of time. As our guide puts it - the key to whale watching is patience. Luckily for us we didn't have to wait long, within 5 minutes of getting into the water we saw our first whale and proceeded to oooooohhhh and awwwwww all over the boat.
The water was freezing though, even with the wet suit and boots my feet were frozen solid. At one point I was afraid I was going to have hypothermia because I couldn't feel my toes. Pro tip: wear trip layers of socks.
After coming back with the car pool my friend Kyndra from Levis messaged me and invited me to her dinner party. With free food on the line I couldn't say no! Plus I had no other food in my fridge since I was gone for the weekend. So I gladly took her up on her offer. This was the first time that everyone in my group all gathered together in one places. Usually someone was always missing. A great dinner to end of the night - or so I thought.
After dinner I caught a bus back to Laval, and it turned out my friend Rebecca and Glenna were at a cafe by my house having a language exchange with their partner Shahim. So again taking them up on the offer I went to the cafe with my backpacking backpack and tested my newly accquired French. We also chatted with the table beside us and I met a new friend, Johnathan who is going to be my language exchange partner.
Good end to a great weekend.
Peace from Quebec.
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| First whale of the day. So close to the boat. |
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| My car pool driver Anna from Shiwinigan |
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| Dinner party pic with the Levis group |
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